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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Mitchell Joseph Landrieu
|name=Mitchell Joseph Landrieu
|birth_date=August 16, 1960
|birth_date=August 16, 1960
|death_date=
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|spouse=Cheryl Quirk Landrieu
|spouse=Cheryl Quirk Landrieu
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|office=[[Mayor]] of New Orleans, Louisiana
|term_start=May 3, 2010
|term_end=May 7, 2018 (pending)
|preceded=[[Ray Nagin]]
|succeeded=LaToya Cantrell
|office2=51st Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
|term_start2= January 11, 2004
|term_end2=May 3, 2010
|preceded2=[[Kathleen Blanco]]
|successor2=Scott Angelle
|office3=Louisiana State Representative for District 90 (Orleans Parish)
|term_start3=1992
|term_end3=2004
|preceded3=James St. Raymond
|succeeded3=Timothy Gerard "Tim" Burns
|office4=Louisiana State Repesentative for District 89 (Orleans Parish)
|term_start4=1988
|term_end4=1992
|preceded4=[[Mary Landrieu]] (sister)
|succeeded4=Matthew Peter "Pete" Schneider, III
}}
'''Mitchell Joseph Landrieu''', known as '''Mitch Landrieu''' (born August 16, 1960),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mitchell-landrieu/e463840966926|title=Mitchell Landrieu|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref> is the outgoing [[mayor]] of his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].
'''Mitchell Joseph Landrieu''', known as '''Mitch Landrieu''' (born August 16, 1960),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mitchell-landrieu/e463840966926|title=Mitchell Landrieu|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref> is the departing two-term [[mayor]] of his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].
He was formerly a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the lieutenant governor of Louisiana.<ref>http://www.crt.state.la.us/ltgovernor/biography.aspx</ref> He is a member of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Landrieu family. His father, [[Maurice Edwin Landrieu]], known as Moon Landrieu, was the mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978 and a member of the [[Cabinet]] of [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] from 1979 to 1981. His sister, [[Mary Landrieu]], is a former Louisiana state representative and state treasurer who was a member of the [[United States Senate]] from 1997 to 2015. She is now a [[lobbyist]].
He was formerly a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the lieutenant governor of Louisiana.<ref>http://www.crt.state.la.us/ltgovernor/biography.aspx</ref> He is a member of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Landrieu family. His father, [[Maurice Edwin Landrieu]], known as Moon Landrieu, was the mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978 and a member of the [[Cabinet]] of [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] from 1979 to 1981. His sister, [[Mary Landrieu]], is a former Louisiana state representative and state treasurer who was a member of the [[United States Senate]] from 1997 to 2015. She is now a [[lobbyist]].
He was involved in the filming of the leftist [[African-American]] [[Spike Lee]]'s propaganda piece, ''When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts.''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783612/fullcredits#cast</ref>
He was involved in the filming of the leftist [[African-American]] [[Spike Lee]]'s propaganda piece, ''When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts.''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783612/fullcredits#cast</ref>
In the spring of 2017, Landrieu spent much of his political capital physically removing three monuments to the [[Confederate States of America]] from downtown New Orleans. He was then sidelined by flooding from the failure of the municipal pumping system to function as needed.
In the spring of 2017, Landrieu spent much of his political capital physically removing four monuments to the [[Confederate States of America]] from downtown New Orleans.
He was then sidelined by flooding from the failure of the municipal pumping system to function as needed.
Landrieu has indicated his intent to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
Landrieu has indicated his intent to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.